Tag: SeaTac

12 AUG

The theft of an empty plane from Sea-Tac Airport highlights one of the biggest potential perils for commercial air travel — airline or airport employees causing mayhem

Associated Press/Elaine Thompson Richard Russell, an airline ground agent at Sea-Tac International Airport, stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane and fatally crashed into a small island on Friday night.  Officials said Saturday that the 29-year-old was a 3.5-year Horizon employee and had clearance to be among aircraft, but that to their knowledge, he wasn’t a […]

11 AUG

An airline employee took off in a plane without permission at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle and crashed in Puget Sound

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren An airplane employee took off in a plane without permission at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, Washington and later crashed in Puget Sound, the airport confirmed Friday night. There no other passengers on board. An FAA spokesperson confirmed that the plane departed without permission. Alaska Airlines acknowledged the situation in a statement: […]